Module: Proj4 (Grid)
(c) 2003 by O.Conrad
Menu: Projection > Grid
Description
Coordinate Transformation for Grids.
Based on the PROJ.4 Cartographic Projections library originally written by Gerald Evenden and later continued by the United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey (USGS).
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Parameters
NameTypeIdentifierDescriptionConstraints
Input
Source Grid (input)SOURCE
Output
Grid (*)Data Object (optional output)OUT_GRID
X Coordinates (*)Data Object (optional output)OUT_X
Y Coordinates (*)Data Object (optional output)OUT_Y
Shapes (*)Data Object (optional output)OUT_SHAPES
Options
DirectionChoiceDIRECTIONAvailable Choices:
[0] Geodetic to Projection
[1] Projection to Geodetic
Projection TypeChoicePROJ_TYPEAvailable Projections:
[aea] Albers Equal Area
Conic Sph&Ell
lat_1= lat_2=
[aeqd] Azimuthal Equidistant
Azi, Sph&Ell
lat_0 guam
[airy] Airy
Misc Sph, no inv.
no_cut lat_b=
[aitoff] Aitoff
Misc Sph
[alsk] Mod. Stererographics of Alaska
Azi(mod)
[apian] Apian Globular I
Misc Sph, no inv.
[august] August Epicycloidal
Misc Sph, no inv.
[bacon] Bacon Globular
Misc Sph, no inv.
[bipc] Bipolar conic of western hemisphere
Conic Sph.
[boggs] Boggs Eumorphic
PCyl., no inv., Sph.
[bonne] Bonne (Werner lat_1=90)
Conic Sph&Ell
lat_1=
[cass] Cassini
Cyl, Sph&Ell
[cc] Central Cylindrical
Cyl, Sph
[cea] Equal Area Cylindrical
Cyl, Sph&Ell
lat_ts=
[chamb] Chamberlin Trimetric
Misc Sph, no inv.
lat_1= lon_1= lat_2= lon_2= lat_3= lon_3=
[collg] Collignon
PCyl, Sph.
[crast] Craster Parabolic (Putnins P4)
PCyl., Sph.
[denoy] Denoyer Semi-Elliptical
PCyl., no inv., Sph.
[eck1] Eckert I
PCyl., Sph.
[eck2] Eckert II
PCyl. Sph.
[eck3] Eckert III
PCyl, Sph.
[eck4] Eckert IV
PCyl, Sph.
[eck5] Eckert V
PCyl, Sph.
[eck6] Eckert VI
PCyl, Sph.
[eqc] Equidistant Cylindrical (Plate Caree)
Cyl, Sph
lat_ts=
[eqdc] Equidistant Conic
Conic, Sph&Ell
lat_1= lat_2=
[euler] Euler
Conic, Sph
lat_1= and lat_2=
[fahey] Fahey
Pcyl, Sph.
[fouc] Foucaut
PCyl., Sph.
[fouc_s] Foucaut Sinusoidal
PCyl., Sph.
[gall] Gall (Gall Stereographic)
Cyl, Sph
[geocent] Geocentric

[geos] Geostationary Satellite View
Azi, Sph&Ell
h=
[gins8] Ginsburg VIII (TsNIIGAiK)
PCyl, Sph., no inv.
[gn_sinu] General Sinusoidal Series
PCyl, Sph.
m= n=
[gnom] Gnomonic
Azi, Sph.
[goode] Goode Homolosine
PCyl, Sph.
[gs48] Mod. Stererographics of 48 U.S.
Azi(mod)
[gs50] Mod. Stererographics of 50 U.S.
Azi(mod)
[hammer] Hammer & Eckert-Greifendorff
Misc Sph, no inv.
W= M=
[hatano] Hatano Asymmetrical Equal Area
PCyl, Sph.
[imw_p] International Map of the World Polyconic
Mod. Polyconic, Ell
lat_1= and lat_2= [lon_1=]
[kav5] Kavraisky V
PCyl., Sph.
[kav7] Kavraisky VII
PCyl, Sph.
[krovak] Krovak
PCyl., Sph.
[labrd] Laborde
Cyl, Sph
Special for Madagascar
[laea] Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area
Azi, Sph&Ell
[lagrng] Lagrange
Misc Sph, no inv.
W=
[larr] Larrivee
Misc Sph, no inv.
[lask] Laskowski
Misc Sph, no inv.
[latlong] Lat/long (Geodetic)

[longlat] Lat/long (Geodetic)

[lcc] Lambert Conformal Conic
Conic, Sph&Ell
lat_1= and lat_2= or lat_0
[lcca] Lambert Conformal Conic Alternative
Conic, Sph&Ell
lat_0=
[leac] Lambert Equal Area Conic
Conic, Sph&Ell
lat_1= south
[lee_os] Lee Oblated Stereographic
Azi(mod)
[loxim] Loximuthal
PCyl Sph
[lsat] Space oblique for LANDSAT
Cyl, Sph&Ell
lsat= path=
[mbt_s] McBryde-Thomas Flat-Polar Sine (No. 1)
PCyl., Sph.
[mbt_fps] McBryde-Thomas Flat-Pole Sine (No. 2)
Cyl., Sph.
[mbtfpp] McBride-Thomas Flat-Polar Parabolic
Cyl., Sph.
[mbtfpq] McBryde-Thomas Flat-Polar Quartic
Cyl., Sph.
[mbtfps] McBryde-Thomas Flat-Polar Sinusoidal
PCyl, Sph.
[merc] Mercator
Cyl, Sph&Ell
lat_ts=
[mil_os] Miller Oblated Stereographic
Azi(mod)
[mill] Miller Cylindrical
Cyl, Sph
[mpoly] Modified Polyconic
Polyconic, Sph
lat_1= and lat_2= lotsa
[moll] Mollweide
PCyl., Sph.
[murd1] Murdoch I
Conic, Sph
lat_1= and lat_2=
[murd2] Murdoch II
Conic, Sph
lat_1= and lat_2=
[murd3] Murdoch III
Conic, Sph
lat_1= and lat_2=
[nell] Nell
PCyl., Sph.
[nell_h] Nell-Hammer
PCyl., Sph.
[nicol] Nicolosi Globular
Misc Sph, no inv.
[nsper] Near-sided perspective
Azi, Sph
h=
[nzmg] New Zealand Map Grid
fixed Earth
[ob_tran] General Oblique Transformation
Misc Sph
o_proj= plus parameters for projection
o_lat_p= o_lon_p= (new pole) or
o_alpha= o_lon_c= o_lat_c= or
o_lon_1= o_lat_1= o_lon_2= o_lat_2=
[ocea] Oblique Cylindrical Equal Area
Cyl, Sphlonc= alpha= or
lat_1= lat_2= lon_1= lon_2=
[oea] Oblated Equal Area
Misc Sph
n= m= theta=
[omerc] Oblique Mercator
Cyl, Sph&Ell
no_rot rot_conv no_uoff and
alpha= lonc= or
lon_1= lat_1= lon_2= lat_2=
[ortel] Ortelius Oval
Misc Sph, no inv.
[ortho] Orthographic
Azi, Sph.
[pconic] Perspective Conic
Conic, Sph
lat_1= and lat_2=
[poly] Polyconic (American)
Conic, Sph&Ell
[putp1] Putnins P1
PCyl, Sph.
[putp2] Putnins P2
PCyl., Sph.
[putp3] Putnins P3
PCyl., Sph.
[putp3p] Putnins P3'
PCyl., no inv., Sph.
[putp4p] Putnins P4'
PCyl., Sph.
[putp5] Putnins P5
PCyl., Sph.
[putp5p] Putnins P5'
PCyl., Sph.
[putp6] Putnins P6
PCyl., Sph.
[putp6p] Putnins P6'
PCyl., Sph.
[qua_aut] Quartic Authalic
PCyl., Sph.
[robin] Robinson
PCyl., Sph.
[rpoly] Rectangular Polyconic
Conic, Sph., no inv.
lat_ts=
[sinu] Sinusoidal (Sanson-Flamsteed)
PCyl, Sph&Ell
[somerc] Swiss. Obl. Mercator
Cyl, Ell
For CH1903
[stere] Stereographic
Azi, Sph&Ell
lat_ts=
[sterea] Oblique Stereographic Alternative
Azimuthal, Sph&Ell
[tcc] Transverse Central Cylindrical
Cyl, Sph, no inv.
[tcea] Transverse Cylindrical Equal Area
Cyl, Sph
[tissot] Tissot
Conic, Sph
lat_1= and lat_2=
[tmerc] Transverse Mercator
Cyl, Sph&Ell
[tpeqd] Two Point Equidistant
Misc Sph
lat_1= lon_1= lat_2= lon_2=
[tpers] Tilted perspective
Azi, Sph
tilt= azi= h=
[ups] Universal Polar Stereographic
Azi, Sph&Ell
south
[urm5] Urmaev V
PCyl., Sph.
n= q= alphi=
[urmfps] Urmaev Flat-Polar Sinusoidal
PCyl, Sph.
n=
[utm] Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)
Cyl, Sph
zone= south
[vandg] van der Grinten (I)
Misc Sph
[vandg2] van der Grinten II
Misc Sph, no inv.
[vandg3] van der Grinten III
Misc Sph, no inv.
[vandg4] van der Grinten IV
Misc Sph, no inv.
[vitk1] Vitkovsky I
Conic, Sph
lat_1= and lat_2=
[wag1] Wagner I (Kavraisky VI)
PCyl, Sph.
[wag2] Wagner II
PCyl., Sph.
[wag3] Wagner III
PCyl., Sph.
[wag4] Wagner IV
PCyl., Sph.
[wag5] Wagner V
PCyl., Sph.
[wag6] Wagner VI
PCyl, Sph.
[wag7] Wagner VII
Misc Sph, no inv.
[weren] Werenskiold I
PCyl., Sph.
[wink1] Winkel I
PCyl., Sph.
lat_ts=
[wink2] Winkel II
PCyl., Sph., no inv.
lat_1=
[wintri] Winkel Tripel
Misc Sph
lat_1
Available Choices:
[0] Albers Equal Area
[1] Azimuthal Equidistant
[2] Airy
[3] Aitoff
[4] Mod. Stererographics of Alaska
[5] Apian Globular I
[6] August Epicycloidal
[7] Bacon Globular
[8] Bipolar conic of western hemisphere
[9] Boggs Eumorphic
[10] Bonne (Werner lat_1=90)
[11] Cassini
[12] Central Cylindrical
[13] Equal Area Cylindrical
[14] Chamberlin Trimetric
[15] Collignon
[16] Craster Parabolic (Putnins P4)
[17] Denoyer Semi-Elliptical
[18] Eckert I
[19] Eckert II
[20] Eckert III
[21] Eckert IV
[22] Eckert V
[23] Eckert VI
[24] Equidistant Cylindrical (Plate Caree)
[25] Equidistant Conic
[26] Euler
[27] Fahey
[28] Foucaut
[29] Foucaut Sinusoidal
[30] Gall (Gall Stereographic)
[31] Geocentric
[32] Geostationary Satellite View
[33] Ginsburg VIII (TsNIIGAiK)
[34] General Sinusoidal Series
[35] Gnomonic
[36] Goode Homolosine
[37] Mod. Stererographics of 48 U.S.
[38] Mod. Stererographics of 50 U.S.
[39] Hammer & Eckert-Greifendorff
[40] Hatano Asymmetrical Equal Area
[41] International Map of the World Polyconic
[42] Kavraisky V
[43] Kavraisky VII
[44] Krovak
[45] Laborde
[46] Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area
[47] Lagrange
[48] Larrivee
[49] Laskowski
[50] Lat/long (Geodetic)
[51] Lat/long (Geodetic)
[52] Lambert Conformal Conic
[53] Lambert Conformal Conic Alternative
[54] Lambert Equal Area Conic
[55] Lee Oblated Stereographic
[56] Loximuthal
[57] Space oblique for LANDSAT
[58] McBryde-Thomas Flat-Polar Sine (No. 1)
[59] McBryde-Thomas Flat-Pole Sine (No. 2)
[60] McBride-Thomas Flat-Polar Parabolic
[61] McBryde-Thomas Flat-Polar Quartic
[62] McBryde-Thomas Flat-Polar Sinusoidal
[63] Mercator
[64] Miller Oblated Stereographic
[65] Miller Cylindrical
[66] Modified Polyconic
[67] Mollweide
[68] Murdoch I
[69] Murdoch II
[70] Murdoch III
[71] Nell
[72] Nell-Hammer
[73] Nicolosi Globular
[74] Near-sided perspective
[75] New Zealand Map Grid
[76] General Oblique Transformation
[77] Oblique Cylindrical Equal Area
[78] Oblated Equal Area
[79] Oblique Mercator
[80] Ortelius Oval
[81] Orthographic
[82] Perspective Conic
[83] Polyconic (American)
[84] Putnins P1
[85] Putnins P2
[86] Putnins P3
[87] Putnins P3'
[88] Putnins P4'
[89] Putnins P5
[90] Putnins P5'
[91] Putnins P6
[92] Putnins P6'
[93] Quartic Authalic
[94] Robinson
[95] Rectangular Polyconic
[96] Sinusoidal (Sanson-Flamsteed)
[97] Swiss. Obl. Mercator
[98] Stereographic
[99] Oblique Stereographic Alternative
[100] Transverse Central Cylindrical
[101] Transverse Cylindrical Equal Area
[102] Tissot
[103] Transverse Mercator
[104] Two Point Equidistant
[105] Tilted perspective
[106] Universal Polar Stereographic
[107] Urmaev V
[108] Urmaev Flat-Polar Sinusoidal
[109] Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)
[110] van der Grinten (I)
[111] van der Grinten II
[112] van der Grinten III
[113] van der Grinten IV
[114] Vitkovsky I
[115] Wagner I (Kavraisky VI)
[116] Wagner II
[117] Wagner III
[118] Wagner IV
[119] Wagner V
[120] Wagner VI
[121] Wagner VII
[122] Werenskiold I
[123] Winkel I
[124] Winkel II
[125] Winkel Tripel
EllipsoidChoiceELLIPSOIDAvailable Choices:
[0] Predefined Standard Ellipsoids
[1] Semimajor Axis and Semiminor Axis
[2] Semimajor Axis and Flattening
[3] Semimajor Axis and Reciprocal Flattening
[4] Semimajor Axis and Eccentricity
[5] Semimajor Axis and Eccentricity Squared
[6]
Predefined Standard EllipsoidsChoiceELLPS_PREDEFAvailable Choices:
[0] MERIT 1983 (a=6378137.0, rf=298.257)
[1] Soviet Geodetic System 85 (a=6378136.0, rf=298.257)
[2] GRS 1980(IUGG, 1980) (a=6378137.0, rf=298.257222101)
[3] IAU 1976 (a=6378140.0, rf=298.257)
[4] Airy 1830 (a=6377563.396, b=6356256.910)
[5] Appl. Physics. 1965 (a=6378137.0., rf=298.25)
[6] Naval Weapons Lab., 1965 (a=6378145.0., rf=298.25)
[7] Modified Airy (a=6377340.189, b=6356034.446)
[8] Andrae 1876 (Den., Iclnd.) (a=6377104.43, rf=300.0)
[9] Australian Natl & S. Amer. 1969 (a=6378160.0, rf=298.25)
[10] GRS 67(IUGG 1967) (a=6378160.0, rf=298.2471674270)
[11] Bessel 1841 (a=6377397.155, rf=299.1528128)
[12] Bessel 1841 (Namibia) (a=6377483.865, rf=299.1528128)
[13] Clarke 1866 (a=6378206.4, b=6356583.8)
[14] Clarke 1880 mod. (a=6378249.145, rf=293.4663)
[15] Comm. des Poids et Mesures 1799 (a=6375738.7, rf=334.29)
[16] Delambre 1810 (Belgium) (a=6376428., rf=311.5)
[17] Engelis 1985 (a=6378136.05, rf=298.2566)
[18] Everest 1830 (a=6377276.345, rf=300.8017)
[19] Everest 1948 (a=6377304.063, rf=300.8017)
[20] Everest 1956 (a=6377301.243, rf=300.8017)
[21] Everest 1969 (a=6377295.664, rf=300.8017)
[22] Everest (Sabah & Sarawak) (a=6377298.556, rf=300.8017)
[23] Fischer (Mercury Datum) 1960 (a=6378166., rf=298.3)
[24] Modified Fischer 1960 (a=6378155., rf=298.3)
[25] Fischer 1968 (a=6378150., rf=298.3)
[26] Helmert 1906 (a=6378200., rf=298.3)
[27] Hough (a=6378270.0, rf=297.)
[28] International 1909 (Hayford) (a=6378388.0, rf=297.)
[29] Krassovsky, 1942 (a=6378245.0, rf=298.3)
[30] Kaula 1961 (a=6378163., rf=298.24)
[31] Lerch 1979 (a=6378139., rf=298.257)
[32] Maupertius 1738 (a=6397300., rf=191.)
[33] New International 1967 (a=6378157.5, b=6356772.2)
[34] Plessis 1817 (France) (a=6376523., b=6355863.)
[35] Southeast Asia (a=6378155.0, b=6356773.3205)
[36] Walbeck (a=6376896.0, b=6355834.8467)
[37] WGS 60 (a=6378165.0, rf=298.3)
[38] WGS 66 (a=6378145.0, rf=298.25)
[39] WGS 72 (a=6378135.0, rf=298.26)
[40] WGS 84 (a=6378137.0, rf=298.257223563)
[41] Normal Sphere (r=6370997) (a=6370997.0, b=6370997.0)
Semimajor Axis (a)Floating pointELLPS_ASemimajor axis or equatorial radius.
Semiminor Axis (b)Floating pointELLPS_BSemiminor axis or polar radius.
Flattening (f)Floating pointELLPS_F
Reciprocal Flattening (rf)Floating pointELLPS_RF
Eccentricity (e)Floating pointELLPS_E
Squared Eccentricity (es)Floating pointELLPS_ES
UnitChoiceUNITAvailable Choices:
[0] Kilometer (1000.)
[1] Meter (1.)
[2] Decimeter (1/10)
[3] Centimeter (1/100)
[4] Millimeter (1/1000)
[5] International Nautical Mile (1852.0)
[6] International Inch (0.0254)
[7] International Foot (0.3048)
[8] International Yard (0.9144)
[9] International Statute Mile (1609.344)
[10] International Fathom (1.8288)
[11] International Chain (20.1168)
[12] International Link (0.201168)
[13] U.S. Surveyor's Inch (1./39.37)
[14] U.S. Surveyor's Foot (0.304800609601219)
[15] U.S. Surveyor's Yard (0.914401828803658)
[16] U.S. Surveyor's Chain (20.11684023368047)
[17] U.S. Surveyor's Statute Mile (1609.347218694437)
[18] Indian Yard (0.91439523)
[19] Indian Foot (0.30479841)
[20] Indian Chain (20.11669506)
Central MeridianFloating pointLON_0
Central ParallelFloating pointLAT_0
False EastingFloating pointX_0
False NorthingFloating pointY_0
Create X/Y GridsBooleanCREATE_XY
TargetChoiceTARGET_TYPEAvailable Choices:
[0] user defined
[1] automatic fit
[2] grid system
[3] grid
[4] shapes
Grid InterpolationChoiceINTERPOLATIONAvailable Choices:
[0] Nearest Neigbhor
[1] Bilinear Interpolation
[2] Inverse Distance Interpolation
[3] Bicubic Spline Interpolation
[4] B-Spline Interpolation
(*) optional